Reception: November 12th  5-7pm 

Strata Gallery presents its second Emerging Member solo exhibition.

Along for the Ride by New Mexico based artist Rachel Taylor. The exhibition opens November 9th, with a special reception on November 12th from 5-7 pm.

Rachel Taylor’s relationship to the physical use of paint and drawing materials informs the content of her work. Taylor uses acrylic paint to depict both fluid and plastic forms. Varying marks on the surface form mutual relationships that characterize the spaces they inhabit. She focuses on reworking, organizing, transforming, and animating the surface of a painting with careful consideration of illusionistic depth.

Rachel Taylor stated, “It feels wonderful to be an emerging artist at Strata gallery. My process consists of a call and response between deliberate and unintentional marks on a surface. I rely on chance and intuition, and where they pause between the known and chaos. These playful and imperfect environments emerge from the emotional impact and resonance of personal experience. I also view these energetic, vulnerable, and fluid spaces as reflections of an interior life. They refer to pleasure, tactility, and desire through a close relationship and proximity to the body.”

Rachel Taylor received an MFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She had her first solo show at Ed. Varie in New York City in 2020 and has participated in residencies such as the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, and SOMA Summer 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. Rachel Taylor is currently pursuing an MA in Communications and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. 

Rachel Taylor, Flowers, acrylic and marker on canvas, 90” x 72”, 2021